March 19, 2010 by admin
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Written by Our Correspondent
Over the last few weeks, you have seen various job
advertisements put up by Singapore companies seeking foreigners
only on this site.
Foreigners usually need to obtain work permits, E or S passes in
order to find work in Singapore. Now it seems that even those on
social visit passes are highly sought after too.
A registered recruitment agency based in Singapore has put up a
job ad seeking foreigners on social visit pass ONLY for graphic
designers:
According to the ad, the job type is “permanent” and is open to
foreigners.
This may be another ploy to recruit foreigners in Singapore
on social visit pass first after which the company will apply for
work permits on their behalfs.
In other countries like Australia and New Zealand, foreigners
need to get a work visa first before they are allowed to work there
and even then, they are subjected to rigorous screening and
examination including a compulsory English test – IELTS before they
are granted one.
Due to the PAP’s lax immigration policies, it is not unusual to
have foreigners seeking for jobs in Singapore on social visit
passes.
For example, many of the freelance prostitutes plying their
trade along the narrow alleys of Geylang are on social visit
passes.
Despite the police conducting regular anti-AV raids in the
vicinity, the “whore brigade” often reappear again out of the blue
after a period of quiescence.
The Manpower Ministry should clamp down on such discriminatory
job ads which is making Singapore a laughing stock in the eyes of
the developed world.
A government should always protect the livelihoods of local
workers first instead of asking them to compete with cheap foreign
workers on an equal footing and issuing veiled threats that if “the
spurs are not stuck in their hides”, it is their problem.